kim jong—un knows quite well that nuclear weapons are the only guarantee for his rule. weapon when he thinks that his rule and his dynasty i5 threatened to collapse. he would destroy lo5 threatened to collapse. he would destroy los angeles, even though the retaliation would kill him? yes, because he knew that if... he lose the power, then it is his last day. so he may do anything... to attack lo5 so he may do anything... to attack los angeles, because once the people know that in any way he will be killed, then you can do anything. that is the human beings' normal reaction. how do you assess kim jong—un? he is sometimes painted outside as a buffoon, a5 jong—un? he is sometimes painted outside as a buffoon, as not very bright, and sometimes as well as being very devious. how do you a55e55 being very devious. how do you assess him? you know, north korean society can only be held in place by idolising or raising the leader as a god. so we have to remove the image and the process of idealisation of kim jong—un insight north and the process of idealisation of kimjong—un insi

kim jong—un's brother, kim jong—chol, he is a really good musician, at my impression.ric clapton, you know. he watched eric clapton's performance twice in london. and whenever he was at that, you know, in the albert hall to watch eric clapton, i can see the tears, even, in his eyes. and he is only interested in music, nothing else. i took him a good many places, like parliament square, you know, trafalgar square, and all the nice, you know, top ten sites and places. but he never asked even a single question, you know, about these other places, or even the history, about britain. he is not interested at all. so i kept on telling him this and that, you know, and i soon learnt that he is not interested in those, you know, sightseeing, or history, or important people. he is only interested in music. eric clapton. did you do anything that you are ashamed of, and did you do anything criminal? did you break the law, british law, as a diplomat of the dprk? no, i didn't break any law. not one to do with making money for the regime, or raising money for the regime? because there

kim jong-un knows quite well that nuclear weapons are the only guarantee for his rule and kim jong—uns rule and kimjong—un i think will press the button of this dangerous weapon when he thinks that his rule and his dynasty is threatened to be collapsed. how do you think kim jong—un will end his days? is he going to die peacefully in his own bed? know. how? i'm sure that kim jong—un's regime in his own bed? know. how? i'm sure that kimjong—un's regime one in his own bed? know. how? i'm sure that kim jong—un's regime one day will collapse by people's uprising. what do you miss about britain? your life in britain seemed to me to be very english in lots of ways, you played tennis at a rather nice suburban tennis club. what do you miss about your life there? suburban tennis club. what do you miss about your life there ?|j suburban tennis club. what do you miss about your life there? i really miss about your life there? i really miss that kind of, you know, the life, you know? especially in dealing. and even now i'm really sorry for not saying goodbye to my tennis club. the whole tennis clu

kim jong-un is pushing forward.ew days ago, job, a high level defector, the former deputy ambassador to the embassy in london said in seoul where he escaped to in the summer that kim jong-un is progressing with the nuclear ambitions. he wants to progress by the end of 2017 and he wants to time that, john, when president-elect donald trump will be in the white house. there will be an election in south korea and a new president in seoul. he believes that, kim jong-un, that is, the two statiadministrs hands will be tied and won't be able to take action against north korea. >> we heard that president obama has spoken to president-elect donald trump about concerns over north korea. saima, thank you. >>> two dakota pipeline protesters making their voices heard at the minnesota vikings game. they hung a protest sign. and had repelling gear alongside. the protesters were arrest eed after officers got them to the ground. protesters claim the financial institution has links to the project. u.s. bank declined to comment. >>> t

but do they have the technology to reduce a nuclear warhead and attach to it well, kim jong-un says he does. >> is there any indication of when there might be a test? >> reporter: well, a lot of watches are the as early within the next few months. we do know from a very high level diplomatic deflection, the former deputy to north korea's embassy in london speaking here in seoul just a few days ago just before kim jong-un new year's day address saying that he is carefully calculating his moves right now. it's like a game of chess. he believes that kim jong-un plans to really proceed and progress as fast as possible with his nuclear development program by the end of 2017 according to and kim jong-un is timing this to be in line with president trump moving into the white house and the presidential election here in south korea which is due to take place sometime this year in 2017. but there is on the flip side i know i said that a lot of watchers are saying it may happen within the next few months, right now the political situation in south korea really works in kim jong-un's favor. he's n

be thinking "i will sit down with kimjong—un be thinking "i will sit down with kim jong—un over be thinkingwill sit down with kimjong—un overa be thinking "i will sit down with kim jong—un over a burger and persuade him to renounce the ambition." 0r, persuade him to renounce the ambition." or, and this is certainly ambition." or, and this is certainly a prominent inference in these parts, he is saying we. it happening if it looks likely. if you then talk to military experts, and i do mean ideological ones, i mean scientists, you asked them about the options and they see the options are limited because the north korean nuclear programme is buried, it is dispersed and it is protected. bunker buster bombs cannot be relied upon and special forces operations, you bombs cannot be relied upon and specialforces operations, you know, you cannot predict how they will go and you cannot bank on them. city experts then say what is much more likely to happen are things we may not even know about, the insertion of viruses in computer programmes, for example, like happened with the run, or maybe the assass

it's scary that kim jong un would look at calling him a maniac as a compliment. for him to have nuclear capability that threatens the u.s. shores is something that absolutely cannot happen. >> how do you think kim jong un, the leader of north korea, reacts to a statement like this by donald trump? >> it's -- actually the president-elect is right. you can't allow north korea to get their hands on nuclear weapons. it's not that the president-elect, in his tweet, was making fun of kim jong un and trying to provoke. he is saying what really should be american foreign policy and has been american foreign policy, is that we cannot allow kim jong un to have his hands on a nuclear weapon. >> i wonder what he is talking about with "it won't happen." a preemptive strike or a military strike. who knows what could happen with regard to that given the north korean capabilities. maybe he is hopeful china could intervene. china still has influence in north korea. donald trump keeps saying he'll rely on china to get the job done. we'll see if that happens. >>> congressman, pleas

north korean leader kim jong un ringing in the new year with a new threat.sting that his country is in the final stage of test launching an intercontinental ballistic missile. the recipe for a global catastrophe if the volatile communist country indeed is capable of combining ballistic missile with a miniaturized nuclear warhead. it could theoretically reach not only south korea and japan but in the worst-case scenario could reach the united states' west coast. i want to bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. how seriously are u.s. officials taking the new claim from north korea? >> jim, the state department was very quick to weigh in and say north korea should not engage in provocations, but there is no sign kim jong un is paying attention to that. north korea leader kim jong un's new year's day message -- he is almost ready to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, an icbm, that could someday hit the u.s. >> translator: research and development of cutting-edge arms equipment is kwiact actively progressing and it's in its last stage. >> a

how much control does china really have over north korea and its leader kim jong un? >> reporter: yeah. according to president-elect trump, he seem ts to see this i very black and white terms, that china is an ally of north korea and therefore it wields a lot of influence and should be able to use that influence to stop north korea in its tracks. the reality is that recently, as recently as december, we saw that china actually sided with the u.n. on sanctions against north korea, and although there is a close relationship between the north and china, china and north korea and china, china hasn't had, we haven't seen any summits between xi jinping and kim jong un. he hasn't visited north korea or pyongyang, whereas xi jinping has made several visits to south korea and met with president park here. so just how much influence china really has is up for debate. rosemary? >> all right, saima mohsin reporting from seoul in south korea. i want to turn to matt rivers now in beijing. so matt, what has been the reaction in china to donald trump's tweet, accusing the country's l

how do you think kim jong—un will end his days? is he going to die peacefully in his own bed? no.regime one day will collapse by people's uprising. what do you miss about britain? your life in britain seemed to me to be very english in lots of ways, you played tennis at a rather nice suburban tennis club. what do you miss about your life there? i really miss that kind of, you know, the life, you know? especially in ealing. and even now i'm really sorry for not saying goodbye to my tennis club. the whole tennis club members were just one family. i still really missed england, the spring, the autumn and you have this wonderful tennis! thae yong—ho speaking to steve evans. and you can watch steve's full interview right here on bbc news. the north korean defector is being shown on friday 27th january. it's well worth looking out for. britain's last governor of hong kong, chris patten, has said successive uk governments could have done more to help the people of the former british territory in their pursuit of democracy. it's 20 years this year since the territory was returned from bri

ago saying this is exactly the time that kim jong-un jong-un is preparing and pushing forward for hislear ambition. that was supposed to be by the end of 2017. some others argue that it may well happen soon, within the next few months. natalie? >> we know south korea is going through some changes with leadership. is anyone feeling a little more eerie about the usual from north korea because it comes at a time of instability for south korea? >> reporter: this really does play into the hands of kim jong-un, natalie. i'm sorry, i only got part of your question there, but in terms of what's happening in south korea here, there have been protests for nine or ten weeks for park geun-hye to step down. she hasn't yet. parliament voted to impeach her last month, and now that impeachment vote has gone to the constitutional court. so there is a lot of political turmoil here. and regardless of the impeachment or if she'll step down, there was due to be a presidential election here in south korea this year. so all of this turmoil plays well into kim jong-un's hands. he's not going to likely do any

how do you stop somebody as weird as kim jong-un that weirdly haircutted guy from north korea, who's surrounded by sycophants and no one is going to tell him the truth? how do you -- how does donald trump stop him from arming and launching or even deploying a missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to seattle? how do you stop him from doing that? you can punish him afterwards, blow the hell out of that country. what can you do to stop him from doing it. >> as you pointed out the president-elect in the last hour, chris, tweeted out the notice that north korea's about a year away from having this described missile and that donald trump ended that by saying "not going to happen." so he's focused on this. he'll have a plan. he will confer with his generals and other security -- his security officials and he will take action. i'll tell you how you don't do it. you don't do it by having the policies of the last eight years, you don't do it by emboldening a country like iran and its nuclear capability which has put the u.s. and israel and, frankly, the rest of the world in direct ris

how will kim jong-un respond? >> they will rue it as imminent threat. how the chinesis will look at it. there is a dynamic here. once kim starts to do things china may feel it has to support it because the chinese military is very, very strongly in favor of helping the north koreans. we know what happened in 1950. >> i want to talk about china in a moment. you can see this as escalation where threat is crucial. if north korea perfects the missile experts say it could hit the mainland of the united states you are talking about the west coast, california, oregon, washington. the website nuclear secrecy came out with assessment. if a nuclear missile hit seattle 68,000 people would die. almost 90,000 more people would be severely injured. what is north korea really capable of? is this what they are capable of a nuclear strike on a city like seattle? >> they have three launches that can hit lower 48 states. they are not reliable and not accurate and don't have heat shielding. within three years i think maybe four they will be able to do that. the only questi

and we know one thing about kim jong un. he's in an unstable regime. he's executed 140 people during his first five years. he's purged. >> of his own government. >> senior leaders in his own regime and government. and also, when you put in the junior officers, that's maybe 500 or so when you total it off, because they've been sent to the cappens, and we can't count that. for kim jong un, he has got to look tough, if he doesn't look tough, he knows he could die. >> chairman rogers, i don't know if the question is the appropria appropriateness of tweeting to kim jong un. >> i didn't see anything that would conduct an escalation. there is convectional conflict. we have to change the dynamic that we're having with north korea. the way we have been handling it isn't working. now i'm not a big fan of using tweets to engage, because it's 140 characters can be misconstrued in a way where people have large armies and react in ways that aren't anticipated. but i do think it's okay for the president-elect to set out a path that says we're going to do things a lit

>> kim jong-un is likely to be more aggressive with an icm than without it.hat he will use it but the fear is that he will use conventional force, cyberforce and other provocations against us, because he thinks we can do nothing about it. >> what will president trump's options be for countering that? former defense secretary william perry says the u.s. should consider shooting it down? >> disrupt teeing in flight would have to be on the list. >> if north korea actually fired a missile toward america or it's allies, current defense secretary, ash carter, has just promised the u.s. forces would shoot it down. one reason the u.s. and its allies should hesitate to hit north korean missiles on the launch pad would be the threat of kim's retaliation. he would launch a massive conventional attack on south korea's capital, seoul, which one analyst describes as a sitting duck. >> where are our military defenses that might be able to shoot them down? how good are they? >> they are in alaska and california. many of those batteries are outdated. they don't have a good su

this would seemingly weave into this announcement that kim jong-un has made. kim jong-un said in this 30-minute speech his country soared eed as a nuclear and mily power and no formidable enemy dare encroach upon them. >> simon, thank you very much for that. straight ahead, president-elect trump saying he has new information about the alleged russian hacking of the u.s. election. he says he will tell us what it is this week. a live report from washington is next. your live in the cnn newsroom. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a photo of you opening the safe. a post using the hashtag "#justrobbedthesafe" so, what are we supposed to think? switching to geico could save you a bunch of money on car insurance. excellent point. case dismissed. geico. because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance woo! because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance is always a great answer. hhi.o. welcome. this is the chevy malibu. it was awarded "most dependable midsize car" by j.d. power. it looks great. wow! what is happening? oh my gosh, it

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a former north korean diplomat who defected to the south says kim jong-un must go and the u.s.e any missile deal or cancel exercises. >> that is really a trap, you know, which kim jong-un, you know, wants. >> reporter: north korea carried out two dozen missile tests and two nuclear tests last year. there is no sign that that intensity of testing will end this year. and that is a test for president trump. north korea has challenged a new president before, test firing a missile soon after president obama took office. here in north korea, the regime says it will judge president trump by what he does. he's sending general james mattis to south korea on his first overseas trip as the new u.s. defense secretary. there is no sign that the new president will back down against an old enemy here. lester? >> bill neely from north korea tonight. >>> still ahead, stunning allegations. the nation's largest student loan service accused of taking advantage of customers and illegally driving up costs. the lawsuit that could impact one in every four student loan borrowers in this country. we'll

i think kim jong-un in a sense wants to affect the way trump looks at him. remember, this is south korea politics, too. where you have the country right now in this impeachment crisis. and probably, he wants to send a message to seoul and to his allies, the progressives in the south korean political system. so there's a lot going on here, which we don't quite know. >> one point you make that i think is very important is that generally, the united states has known weeks before these tests are carried out because of what we can see aboveground. these testing facilities that are aboveground. that has changed, hasn't it? >> it certainly has changed. early last week, the analysis of satellite imagery said the north koreans have a new missile base. it is not a big thing with a big began t gantry that we can see. but they have a missile silo, meaning they can launch without warning. with the longest range launcher, it takes weeks to transport, assemble, fuel and test. we can destroy it while it is there on the ground. but with this missile silo, we can't do that. t

my own view is that there is value to kim jong-un in keeping us guessing in this.e takes a very big risk and actually sending off the launch. right now he is the best of both worlds. we think he will soon be able to reach the united states. he does not have to go through the risk of having a spectacular failure. if you launches this thing and it fails, he looks pretty embarrassed. was unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon that they could deliver, is also unacceptable for north korea to have a nuclear weapon they could deliver? david: i cannot imagine any american president living with that possibility. charlie: what are the options? david: the options are not great. what was the difference between iran and north korea? a ron's case, they do not have nuclear weapons yet. focusing on keeping them from getting them to that point made on an enormous amount of sense. a combinations of sanctions and sabotage the labor day and allow they negotiated settlement. in north korea's case, they have the nuclear weapons. they have done 5-6 nuclear test. the last ones i l

kim jong-un talked about doing more nuclear tests in the coming year., in 2016 two nuclear tests was carried out. the fifth and largest nuclear test north korea has ever turned out which resulted in more sanctions with the support of china this time. those sanctions don't seem to be stopping or deterring north korea. he ended his speech by saying his country has soared as a nuclear and military power declaring themselves as a nuclear state in the east. no formidable enemy dare encroach upon us. victor? >> could be another simmering hot spot for the incoming president. thank you so much from seoul. >>> meanwhile, the pope delivered his new year's day mass delivering a message of peace. the vatican marking today as world day of peace, and he prayed for those who were killed overnight in the istanbul nightclub. cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen is with us now. the pope talked about motherhood. what specifically did he say? >> reporter: well, january 1st, new year's day, first of all, happy new year's to you, means two things in the catholic church. i

0h, kim jong—un knows and destroying los angeles? hink, guarantee for his rule. and kim jong—un, ithink, will guarantee for his rule. and kim jong—un, i think, will press the button of these dangerous weapons when he thinks that he —— his rule and his dynasty is threatened with collapse. how do you think kim jong—un will end his days? is he going to die peacefully in his own bed tee no. —— no. peacefully in his own bed tee no. -- no. how? iam sure -- no. how? i am sure that one day kim jong—un‘s regime will collapse by people‘s uprising. a number of female mps have told the bbc they have received physical and verbal threats and fears for their safety following the death of the labourmpjo safety following the death of the labour mp jo cox. ina labour mp jo cox. in a survey by bbc radio five live, some said they had also experienced sexist language in the commons and also consider giving up theirjob at also consider giving up theirjob at a time when more women are being encouraged to go into politics. how off—putting is that? our politi

this would seeming inglingly we the announcement that kim jong-un made. he also said in the speech his country sore e soared as a nucl military power in the east and no formidable enemy dare encroach upon them. seoul, south korea. >> we'll discuss kim jong-un's nuclear ambitions and defiant tone, plus the terror attacks in turkey. an american among the injured. jamie ruben joins us next. >> reporter: a . >>> and president barack obama has an appointment this week on capitol hill. why he is making a last political push before leaving office. hold, per poligrip for because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. try super poligrip free. (vo) it's that time of year again. when you realize you still didn

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a former north korean diplomat has told the bbc he thinks president kim jong—un would be prepared toaunch a nuclear attack on america if under pressure. and this story is getting a lot of attention online. facebook is changing its ‘trending' feature and will no longer tailor the section to people's own interests. it will use a more traditional list of the most popular current events. that's all from me now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may says government will publish its plans for brexit in a white paper. the prime minister wants to trigger article fifty before the end of march. now to singapore. the dowjones scores 20,000 for the first time ever. is this the trump effect? and why india's universities are banning some start—ups from recruiting on their campuses. good morning, asia. hello, world. it is thursday. glad you could join us. we kick off with wall street, where us stocks crossed a major milestone. the dowjones us stocks crossed a major milestone. the dow jones industrial average finishing above 20,000 for the first time ever and you also hav

and kim jong un does not know how far he can push him.jake. >> paula han cocks in seoul. >>> a navy ship fired warning shots on iranian boats. five iranian boats same so close so fast towards three ships at one point some of the vessels were only 900 yards away from the u.s. ship. the confrontations lasted nine hours until warning shots were fired and smoke grenades were dropped in the water. it's the latest encounter in recent months between the two countries specifically near or in the strait of hormuz warning shots were fired after a boat harassed a patrol craft. a year ago iran detained ten american sailors for 15 hours after two u.s. navy command boats entered iranian territorial waters. >>> trump's picks for the pentagon and cia both heading to capitol hill. we'll talk to tom cotton who serves on the committees who will be conducting the confirmation hearings next. taking a holiday in britain, are ya doll? well, the only place you need go... london's got the best of everything. cornwall's got the best of everything. sport sport nigh

look, my own view, is there's in kim jong-un keeping us guessing and he takes a very big risk in setting launch. right now he has the best of both worlds. we think he will soon be able to reach the united states, and he doesn't have to go through the risk of having a spectacular failure. if he launches this thing and it fails, he looks pretty embarrassed. >> rose: if in fact it was unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon that thaiblgd deliver, is it also unacceptable for north korea to have a nuclear they can deliver? >> i can't imagine an american president, any american president, living with that possibility. >> rose: therefore, what are that president's options. >> options are not great. what is the difference between iran and the north korean's case? in iran's case they, didn't have nuclear weapons yet, and so focusing on keeping them from getting to that point made an enormous amount of sense sense and a combination of sanctions and sabotage, that we've talked about before, delayed the day and allowed a negotiated settlement. in north korea's case, they have the nuclear weap

he indicated he might sit down with kim jong—un over a burger and the two could agree for kim jong—ung—un to give up on nuclear ambitions. we simply don't know which of those it is. or, in might think this is a pretty clear message, it won't happen because we are going to stop it happening. in which case, that prompts the question, how might you do that? could it be through military means? if you don't talk to experts on these beings, us experts, they say military options are pretty limited. bunker buster bombs or special forces operations could not be guaranteed to do the job. so it is policy—making by tweet, raising a lot of questions, but very, very blind. it won't happen! pretty clear words. —— very clear. blind. it won't happen! pretty clear words. -- very clear. other options, assassinating key scientists in fa ct. assassinating key scientists in fact. infecting north korea's system with viruses. north korea is not above inventing existential threats and is likely to take this as a direct threat, isn't it? words mean what people think they mean. if you are in north korea, you mi

it really just depends on the north korean leader kim jong un to give the green light. so an increase in rhetoric once again. we heard kim jong un on new year's day, saying that he was close to launching, test launching an icbm, which could hit mainland united states in theory, and one day later we heard from president-elect donald trump saying it's not going to happen. so this is really a response to that. we are not seeing donald trump himself being mentioned, though, by north korea. there's no combative language when it comes to the president-elect, but they saying once again that they blame the united states for the fact that they feel the need to have this icbm program, george. >> so paula, the increased rhetoric we're seeing, the claim has been made, it's causing a great deefl concern, but there have always been doubts about the north's capabilities. is there any reason to believe now that they are truly able to carry it out? >> reporter: well, obviously, the one person who knows the answer to that is kim jong un himself. those outside of north korea, the intellig

in the north korean case, the question is how much does kim jong-un think about regime survival?has kept us from another conflict, another korean war for , so many years is that you have three leaders, who have been unwilling to push the united states or south korea so far that it would lead to an armed response that could destabilize their regime. so what have they done? in the old days, minor actions a u.s. after intelligence ship. in modern times, going after sony entertainment and response to making a movie about kim jong but they have not on above that level that would bring about an armed response. that is important to know, because if you can keep them below that level, that is great. the problem is if they actually get an icbm that can reach the united states, then they could make a judgment in the future. that the u.s. would not dare step in. charlie: thank you. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: isabelle huppert is here. she has appeared in 100 films of the last few decades. isabelle huppert, a great actress, or the world's greatest actress? she starting to film

so when kim jong-un i think we should take it seriously.en president-elect trump tweets that it won't happen. he better be prepared to back up that statement. >> barbara you have been to north korea a number of times, do you think that the kim jong-un and leadership that they have any sort of sense of donald trump or what they expect when he become president? >> i think like the rest of us, there are confused. they're used to predictable american policy towards north korea and donald trump comes off as crazy. i don't mean disrespect to the president. that maybe a good thing in this respect, the crazy once have to be saying who are we deal with. in a way his unpredict blt may be a good thing in this situation. they have to think twice about what they're do. >> ambassador, president trump said to me in the past, that he thought china was our best chance to get china's influence on north koreans. what's your tragedy. what do you suggest we do this. >> we have to be very close in tight in formation with the south korean to make sure the people

a place in human hearts by god cannot be removed by kim jong-un. the regime attempts to control every mind, every tongue, every life, but the refugees with us today demonstrate that no oppressor can control the soul. the north korean people are pleading in their silence for freedom, and the world needs to listen, and the world needs to respond. these two elements, the security challenge and the humanitarian challenge, are closely linked. the threats we face arises out of the nature of the north korean regime itself. the lesson of history is clear. a country that does not respect the rights of its people will not respect the rights of its neighbors. this is one of the main arguments of an excellent report that victor and bob have put together. thank you for coming. these men are two of the foremost experts on north korea. one is a democrat, one is a republican. they make a strong case that security and human rights are inseparable. they make a strong case that the promotion of human dignity is not a distraction from security policy. it is a distinct

cnn is learning details of plans by south korea's military to kill north korean dictator kim jong-un to break out between the two countries. cnn's brian todd joins us with more. south korea apparently has been practicing for this? >> reporter: that's right. practicing, drawing up plans. tonight the south koreans are accelerating those plans. tensions are so high on the korean peninsula tonight that both nations now have plans in place to kill each other's leaders if war breaks out. kim jong-un tonight is dealing with a direct potential threat to his own life, a special south korean military brigade whose mission is to kill him. a south korean defense ministry official tells cnn his country is speeding up plans to create what some call a decapitation unit. the official says the team would be activated only if war breaks out and would target north korea's war-time command led by kim. >> it's hard for me to imagine a commando raid given the enormous killing power and density of the north korean people's army. likely what we saw in the iraq war against saddam's immediate circle, precisio

so, this would seemingly weave into this announcement that kim jong-un has made and also said in this 30-minute speech that his country had soared as a nuclear and military power in the east. and no formidable enemy dare encroach upon them. simon lawson, cnn, seoul, south korea. >> we'll discuss his defiant tone and aggressive nuclear ambition straight ahead. >>> plus, the pope goes o offscript during his message to fight the plague of terror. >>> then, singer mariah carey with some rather off-key kind of moments during her new year's eve performance. how an audio malfunction made have caused what the star calls an amazing end to 2016. nosy neighbor with a glad bag, full of trash. what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. guaranteed. even the most perceptive noses won't notice the trash. be happy. it's glad. zero really can be a hero. lemonheads/schoolhouse rock) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. this is your tax return.

that will not stop kim jong-un.ok the new year's day address to put everyone on stand by for i mpending intercontinential ballistic missle. that means anything above 5,500 kilometers. how close is north korea really to conducting that kind of test? we know they have nuclear warheads. they contested two nuclear tests last year alone. the fifth and largest in september. christine, experts are pointing to the fact that north korea conducted conducted a launch of a satellite which seems to be a template for a long-range test. other than that, we know north korea has successfully tested short and mid-range missiles, but not long-range missiles. majority of those have failed. could that have been a template for a future intercontinential ballistic missle test? kim jong-un plans to do that possibly once trump is in the white house. >> thank you, saima mohsin. >>> president-elect trump. what is his secret information on the alleged russian hacking? he says he will tell us this week. what form will that take? will he hold a

north korea under kim jong un has carried out 65 ballistic missile and nuclear tests over the past 8 in the last year and there's a clear pattern to them targeting u.s. elections and inaugurations and periods in which they would like to do more testing and more demonstrations after strength with a new incoming president coming to washington. >> you see it as a real threat and are they also racheting up their technical know how each other? >> yeah i think the fact that the testing has been so frequent, the tempo has been so strong shows this program is designed to improve different technical thresholds in order to be able to have a nuclear icbm that can reach the united states whether that is the launch capacity. whether it's solid fuel prop propelent. these are all thresholds they need to cross and they need the testing in order to do that and that's what we have been seeing over all of this time. it's a military testing program. >> so how do you think this will go when donald trump becomes president? what do you think that his relationship will be like with kim jong un or north kore

kim jong—un visited a silk and textile mill. are moving up the washington agenda as donald trump prepares for power. neither is known as a quiet man. stephen evans, bbc news, south korea. when the attack against the berlin christmas market happened, one of the first who was killed was the polish driver whose lorry was used by the attacker. a british lorry driver was so moved by what happened that he launched an appeal to help the polish man's family. so far, it's raised nearly £200,000, and today he's being thanked by the polish ambassador in london. kasia madeira is at the polish embassy. david duncan had never met lukasz urban, he had never had contact with him, but when he heard about what happened to the polish trucker in berlin, he felt so moved, so compassionate that he set up this online crowdfunding campaign. today is about thanking him on behalf of the polish community in the uk and also the polish community in poland. when you first heard about what happened, what did you feel? obviously i was very moved by the story,

>> i don't believe it's because kim jong-un says it. but i do believe it because of what the commander of korea has been saying. that the north core rans are close to being able to miniaturize a nuclear device and they expect shortly, maybe early 2018, that that package would be able to hit targets on the west coast of the united states. once you can put. >> ballistic missile into earth orbit, you can put it pretty much anywhere if you have the quiedans to do it. it's note simply a threat to the united states from north korea. northt korea will sell anything to anybody for hard currency. that means iran quite likely cooperating on the nuclear side may be a lot closer to a nuclear capability not to mention knot iter rogue state with loose change. gregg require's a dire scenario you are laying out. imposed sanctions never worked. they never deterred north korea from their nuclear ambitions it doesn't deter their provocative threats from the united states. what should the u.s. do? >> i think we have had failure in the last two administrati

kimjong—un, i kim jong—un, i think, kimjong—un, i think, will press the button.anning what he calls a "big day" on national security, including an announcement on his pledge to build a wall along the us border with mexico. he's expected to sign several executive orders relating to immigration and security over the next few days. it comes as senior republicans call on mr trump to drop his claim that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the presidential election, helping rival hillary clinton win the popular vote. mps have increased pressure on theresa may to set out her negotiating position on brexit in a white paper to be presented to the house of commons. it follow yesterday's supreme court judgment, which ruled that the prime minister must give parliament a vote before triggering article 50, the formal process for leaving the eu. it's thought legislation could be introduced as early as tomorrow. at least six people have been killed in a terror attack on a hotel in the capital of somalia, mogadishu. the attackers rammed the gates of the dayah hotel with a car

you want a whole of government approach to try to rein in kim jong un. it's too late. he has nuclear weapons and inter-continental ballistic weapon that has been fired and a submarine and all spell danger for the national security of the united states. we're going to have to deal with it in a way we haven't done before. it doesn't mean conventional action or preemptive strikes necessarily. i don't think we should take those off the table but i don't think you ought to lead with those. >> do we know enough about what the impact of a strike against north korea would be? >> well, the thing that we know is that north korea -- north korea has chemical and biological weapons and short and long range missiles, they can take out any city they want. when people start talking about the casualties from the war they're talk hundreds of thousands and that's why war is the last option. the one policy we haven't pursued is imposing costs on china. we know chinese have been selling hexafluoride to them and we stand back and don't do anything about it. this has to change and it will. t

north korea's leader kim jong un celebrates his birthday and rattles his saber.ur missiles can hit you, he tells the united states. we'll ask whether that is true. also on the show tonight, he haunts germany still. adolf hitler's manifesto for the third reich, "mein kampf," is selling well here a year after being published for the first time in postwar germany. we will find out why it is selling like a bestseller. and "la la land" sweeps a politicized golden globes. we will show you what happened when hollywood rolled out the red carpet for the these names in film and tv around the world. ♪ brent: it is good to have you with us. tonight, iraqi special forces battling the so-called islamic state in mosul averaged the eastern bank of the river tigris in that city. it is an important step in the u.s. backed offensive to capture mosul. we will bring you the latest from our correspondent in the region, but first, this report about the human impact. reporter: iraqi forces fire from rooftops as they push through mosul to flesh out fighters of the so-called islamic state

if it gets to be like kim jong un. what do they think about kim jong un? he thinks he's the greatest novelist in the world and they're all supposed to say it? >> and he can play basketball really well. >> when you make people lie for you -- >> if you can't take advice on these issues of war and peace and the economy and you can't accept other facts that are beyond what you assume, you can't make good decisions, the people around you can't do their jobs and the american public loses faith in you, as it already has. >> thank you, michael steele. coming up, trump's meeting with union leaders at the white house. we'll find out what happened at that meeting with two union presidents. will he get behind them if he can get their people more work? >>> we been talking about this for a long time. great thing for the american worker what we just did. >> that was president trump, yesterday formally withdrawing the tpp. and last night president trump convened leaders from the construction, carpenters, plumbers from the trade union. >> we just officially terminated tpp.

government has added the younger sister of north korean leader kim jong-un to its sanctions list. kim yo jong is being sanctioned because of her part in human rights abuses and censorship. north korea's state planning commission was also added to the list. any assets held in the united states belonging to these officials or organizations will be frozen and financial dealings with u.s. citizens will be banned. the decision to expand sanctions was taken in response to a recent u.s. government report. this study outlined the severe human rights abuses and rigid censorship policies of the north korean regime as well as attempts to conceal its oppressive behavior. the u.s. government had previously added 16 north korean organizations and seven officials to its sanctions list in december. >>> officials at south korea's defense ministry say north korea has increased its stockpile weapons grade plutonium but revised their assessment of the north's ability to threaten the u.s. mainland with missiles. the ministry's 2016 white papers says pyongyang has about 50 kilograms of plutonium, 10 kil